माधुरी

Madhuri was an actress-singer of 1940s Hindi cinema, remembered chiefly for Pradeep Pictures' Vakil Saheb (1943), directed by Mohan Sinha, in which she starred opposite Trilok Kapoor and carried most of the film's soundtrack herself. Singing to the music of Pandit Madhukar and Annasaheb Mainkar, she recorded solos such as 'Hans Le Mann Tu Hans Le', 'Charano Ki Daasi Hu Mai' and 'Teri Prem Ki Nadiya Me', along with the celebratory duet 'Khushi Ka Din Aaya' with Khan Mastana; several of the film's lyrics were penned by its director Mohan Sinha. She belonged to the era before playback singing became a specialist profession, when screen performers routinely recorded their own songs. Little else about her life was documented, and she should not be confused with later artists who shared the screen name Madhuri.